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Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CoMZ) elects female president

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 5 June 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – ELIZABETH Nerwande was last week elected to the Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CoMZ) presidency. She becomes the second CoMZ female president after Ellah Muchemwa, a former executive at RioZim. Nerwande takes over from Bindura Nickel Corporation’s Batirai Manhando, who has been president since […]

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- May 30, 2019
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Zimcoke to become the largest coke producer in Africa

By Own Correspondent – Thursday 30 May 2019 MIDLANDS (Mining Index) – ZIMCOKE is poised to become the leading producer of metallurgical coke in Africa following the commissioning of the US$400 million coke producing plant in Midlands today. Zimcoke is set to produce 400 million tons of coke per annum and is expected to create […]

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- May 22, 2019
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Chamber of Mines to launch mining book during the Zim Annual Mining Conference

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 22 May 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE Chamber of Mines Zimbabwe (CoMZ) will next week launch a book that will chronicle the history, trends and mining opportunities in Zimbabwe. Dubbed “Mining in Zimbabwe,” the book was authored by John Holloway, who will present a synopsis of the book during […]

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- May 17, 2019
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Metallon loses US$82m, sues RBZ for US$132m for unpaid gold deliveries

By Business Reporter – Friday 17 May 2019   HARARE (Mining Index) – METALLON Corporation has served legal notice to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and Fidelity Printers and Refiners Limited, (FPR) for failure to pay for gold produced, demanding full payment of amounts owed.   “We have started legal proceedings against the Reserve […]

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- May 15, 2019
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Depleted gold deliveries to Fidelity force government to introduce gold support price

By Business Reporter – Wednesday May 15 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – FOLLOWING depleted deliveries of the yellow metal to Fidelity Printers and Refineries (FPR) in the first quarter of 2019, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced a gold support price as an incentive to gold miners to sell gold through formal channels. Mines […]

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US$62 million platinum plant to smelt 623 000 tonnes annually

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 15 May 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – SHURUGWI-based Anglo-American platinum miners, Unki Mine’s $62 million platinum plant is expected to smelt approximately 623 000 tonnes of platinum concentrate per annum. Construction of the smelting plant which commenced in 2016, has seen the company now locally processing its mineral ore, with […]

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- May 7, 2019
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Zimplats records one fatality during 2019 first quarter

By Business Reporter – Tuesday 7 May 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – PLATINUM giant, Zimplats recorded one fatality towards the end of the first quarter of 2019 at one of its mines. Richard Mapuranga aged 42 died at Mupfuti Mine in Ngezi following a fall of ground incident whilst barring down. Presenting results for the […]

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RioZim 2018 gold output slumps 13 percent, records US$2.3 million net loss

By Business Reporter HARARE (Mining Index) – MINING concern, RioZim recorded a 13 percent decrease in gold production, with the group posting a US$2.3 million loss in the year ending December 2018. In October last year, RioZim threatened to take legal action against the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ). This followed RioZim’s temporary closure of its […]

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- April 24, 2019
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Zimbabwe seals US$5 billion mining deal with Chinese firm

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 24th April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – GOVERNMENT concluded a US$5 billion mining investment deal granting a Chinese company special mining rights towards the construction of a steel making plant with a projected output of two million tonnes of steel a year for 25 years. The mega investment deal will […]

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Will 2019 mark the renaissance of Zimbabwe in the global chromium market?

By Business Reporter – Wednesday 24th April 2019 HARARE (Mining Index) – THE International Chromium Development Conference scheduled for  May 2019 is expected to attract over 200 local and international mining delegates to the resort town of Victoria Falls. Created in 1984 and headquartered in Paris, France, the International Chromium Development Association (ICDA) is a […]

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